36氪First Release丨Shanghai University of Science and Technology’s PhD team accelerated the mass production of domestic ultra-high-speed photoelectric detection chips and received tens of millions of angel round financing

Image source/Enterprise This article is about 2,000 words, and it is recommended to read for 5 minutes. Author丨Ou Xue Editor丨Yuan Silai Hard Krypton has learned that Shanghai Kuailin Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Kualin Optoelectronics") has recently completed tens of millions of yuan in angel round financing. This round of financing was led by Xiaomiao Langcheng, with participation from Yicun Capital. Zhonglan Science and Technology serves as a long-term financial consultant, providing industrial collaboration and capital docking services. The funds raised this time will be mainly used for the research and development iteration and sample verification of the company's ultra-high-speed light detection chips, accelerating the mass production process of domestic light detection chips and the introduction of high-end talents to the company. Kuailin Optoelectronics was founded in Shanghai in 2024. It is a hard technology company focusing on the R&D and industrialization of III-V high-speed photoelectric detection chips. It has set world records in the field of optical chips that are the core of AI optical interconnection and 6G communications, filling the gap in domestic ultra-high-speed receiving optical chips. The core team of Kuailin Optoelectronics is composed of four young Ph.D.s with an average age of less than 30 years old. The founder Li Linze and the three co-founders - Wang Jingyi, Wang Luyu, and Long Tianyu, are all from the research group of Professor Chen Baile of Shanghai University of Science and Technology. Professor Chen Baile has been researching in the fields of high-speed optoelectronics, III-V semiconductors, and photodetection devices for many years and has profound industry influence. Members of the founding team have also published multiple research results in top journals such as "Nature" and "Nature Photonics". AI computing power clusters are shifting from "computing power bottlenecks" to "internet bottlenecks." The expansion of AI computing power clusters, data center upgrades, and high-speed optical module iterations are driving the explosive growth in demand for optical interconnect bandwidth. As the core device of the high-speed optical receiving link, the optical detection chip has key properties such as bandwidth, responsivity, dark current and reliability, which directly affect the transmission rate, receiving sensitivity, link power consumption and large-scale application performance of the optical interconnection system. However, most of the technology patents related to light detection chips are held by foreign companies. Therefore, for a long time, high-end light detection chips for domestic related products have been highly dependent on imports, and the localization rate is low. The security and independent controllability of the supply chain are facing "stuck neck" pressure. At present, the industry has launched technical research, but most of the layout